Autographic register.



No. 788,784. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. W. MAASS.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED P123. 1. 1904.

$11 uoni'oz 28% h mono C. W

Patented May 2, 1905.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MAASS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES HEINLEIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,784, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed February 1, 1904. Serial No. 191,420.

To (0M 1072,0111 it Duty concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MAAss, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention isan autographic register provided with a ready means for measuring the length of the paper out at each stroke, and with an improved means of mounting the feed-rollers in the casing, and with a simplified stamp and knife construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an autographic register embodying my invention, the stroke-arm being shown in its retracted position. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same, the stroke-arm being shown partially drawn out. Fig. 3 is a sec tional view taken on line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a detail longitudinal view of the strokearm.

Referring to the parts, which are indicated by similar reference-letters in all the views, the casing is made of a lower section A and an upper section A, hinged together at a and having semicircular notches upon the upper edge of A and upon the lower edge of A. The notches upon the upper section register with those upon the lower to form bearings for the shafts B and C of the rollers which Support the rolls of paper. Upon the lower section metallic strips 1) and D are secured, which extend up above the edge to contact the ends of the shafts B and C to keep them in place. Carbon-paper is mounted upon the side of the casing in a cylindrical box E. The paper from the rolls B and C is brought forward from a roller F, journaled in the casing, and is carried forward beneath the cover A. The carbon paper is carried transversely across the top of the casing between the papers B and C, the papers B and C being carried forward beyond the front edge of the casing. A flat plate Or is journaled at g and g in brackets and 9 attached to the forward end of the casing. This plate carries an upwardly-projecting lug g and a knob g by which it may be swung forward flat upon the paper between the arms a and a of the cover. The plate is retained normally in a position with its edge projecting beyond the edge of the casing by a coiled spring The outer edge 9" of the plate G has a knife-edge, and the upper surface of the plate G carries a stamp H. The inking-pad M is pivoted, by means of arm m, to the side of the casing A, so that it may be swung upward to bring its face '12? against the stamp H to ink the same. The pad of in the normal position rests against a plate carried by brackets m, upon the side of the casing.

Mounted in and extending through an opening a in the casing beneath the plate G is a longitudinal reciprocating stroke arm S, which may be drawn out in front of the easing, the distance to which it may be so drawn being limited by a lug s, which contacts the casing. When released, the stroke-arm is returned to its normal retracted position by a spring .9 within the casing. Stroke-arm S carries at its forward end a th um b-piece 8 which comes just beneath the knife-edge 7 when the latter is in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

The casing carries upon its side an arm R, which is pivoted at its upper end to the section A and at its lower end is notched at '1'. When the casing is swung open around the pivot a, the notch r engages a stud 9" upon the side of the casing and holds it open for the purpose of readjusting the paper upon its interior.

The operation of the device is as follows: When a memorandum is to he made upon the paper, the plate Or is swung forward by handle g to bring the stamp down upon the paper to transfer the same thereto. Then the paper 6 c is grasped at its forward edge, together with the thumb-piece s and is drawn out therewith, the stroke-arm measuring the length of the stroke. The thumb-piece is then released and thespring 8 returns the stroke-arm. The plate Or is then swung back by means of handle g, bringing the knifeedge g against the paper, which may be cut off against the same.

It will be seen that the rolls B and C may be readily inserted in place by raising section A and that when the section A is returned to its normal position that the rolls are held firmly between the upper and the lower sections and the plates D and D, so that while rotating freely they are subject to no wabbling.

What I claim is 1. In an autographic register the combination of a casing having an opening for feeding paper therefrom, a reciprocating stroke-arm situated beneath the point of exit of the paper having a finger-piece to be grasped together with the front edge of the paper in drawing it out, a stop for limiting the travel of the stroke-arm and means for returning it to the normal position substantially as shown and described.

2. In an autographic register the combination of a casing having an opening for feeding paper therefrom, a plate with a knife-edge journaled at the exit of the paper and a stamp upon one side of the plate substantially as shown and described.

3. In an autographic register the combination of a casing having an opening for feeding paper therefrom, a plate carrying a stamp upon one face having a knife-edge and journaled upon the casing adjacent to the exit of the paper, and a stroke-arm mounted in the casing projecting therefrom beneath the knife and having a thumb-piece to stand normally adjacent to the knife-edge substantially as shown and described.

4. In an autographic register the combination of a casing formed in two sections, journal bearings formed between the meeting edges of the sections, a roller whose ends are journaled in the bearings, and plates secured to one of the sections to contact the ends of the roller, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM MAASS.

I/Vitnesses:

W. F. MURRAY, A. L. WILLIAMs. 

